Tex Coulter

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Tex Coulter
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Coulter c. 1949
No. 79, 60
Position:Tackle
Center
End
Personal information
Born:(1924-10-26)October 26, 1924
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Died:October 2, 2007(2007-10-02) (aged 82)
Austin, Texas, U.S.
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
College:Texas A&M
Cornell
Army
NFL draft:1947: 1st round, 7th pick
Career history
  • New York Giants (1946–1952)
  • Montreal Alouettes (1953-1956)
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× Pro Bowl (1951, 1952)
  • 3× IRFU All Star (1953, 1954, 1955)
  • Most Outstanding Lineman Award (1955)
  • 2× National champion (1944, 1945)
  • Consensus All-American (1945)
  • Second-team All-American (1944)
  • First-team All-Eastern (1945)
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:9
Receiving yards:116
Touchdowns:1
Stats at Pro Football Reference

DeWitt Echoles "Tex" Coulter (October 26, 1924 – October 2, 2007) was an American professional football player in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants and in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union for the Montreal Alouettes.[1] Coulter attended the United States Military Academy, where he played football and competed in the shot put.[2]

New York Giants lineman Tex Coulter at the end of the leather helmet era, 1947.

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